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System setup required after upgrade 1.2.7 to 1.3.9h

Im just starting to lose it..
Just spend about 6 hours to upgrade a very old V1.2.7 zen cart to the latest 1.3.9H.

I followed all stepd in the 123 easy upgrade tutorial.
I can start the upgrade and beside a few minor statements the upgrade has performed succesfully.

But when I click on goto your store I get:

Hello. Thank you for loading Zen Cart™.
You are seeing this page for one or more reasons:1.This is your first time using Zen Cart™ and you haven't yet completed the normal Installation procedure.
If this is the case for you, Click here to begin installation.

2.Your /includes/configure.php and/or /admin/includes/configure.php file contains invalid path information and/or invalid database-connection information.
If you recently edited your configure.php files for any reason, or maybe moved your site to a different folder or different server, then you'll need to review and update all your settings to the correct values for your server.
See the Online FAQ and Tutorials area on the Zen Cart™ website for assistance.
3.Additional Details: includes/configure.php file contents invalid. ie: DIR_FS_CATALOG not valid or not set

I have tried everything:

restored the DB backup several times.
installes with and without DB prefix
checked the config files a million times
I even tried to upgrade from 1.2.7 to 1.30 first (still the same)
What an I doing wrong??

Re: System setup required after upgrade 1.2.7 to 1.3.9h

The degree of difficulty in upgrading a cart really has little to do with the number of products, customers, etc.

If the cart was built with a proper foundation (custom template), one can upgrade a cart to a new version in a few hours. That's because most PROPER customization is not touched during upgrade.

A few mods touch what we call "Core Files" and will have their changes overwritten on upgrade. Personally, I think there should be a new item in the Free Software Add Ons that identifies if a mod changes core files just as it tells you if the mod is PHP 5.3 compatible.

All that said, upgrading from 1.2 to 1.3 is really a major jump and should probably be done with a complete new installation. Starting fresh with proper customization with make later upgrades enormously easier.

Upgrading to 1.3.9 from 1.3.8 is really no big deal IF the foundation of 1.3.8 was done correctly on install. That's one of the reasons the team advises against automated installs like Fantastico.